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Musonda really wanted to give away a penalty But of course the penalty is missed. Off the crossbar.

Japan still leads 3-0 after 62 mins. Zambia with 0 shots and 0 corners. Utterly outclassed so far.

Apparently the "OK" hand symbol is racist now and some coach in New York got fired because of it. I wonder when inhaling oxygen will be deemed racist in USA? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66276187

Right. I forgot about the Sinclair miss

Another missed penalty. That's three in six matches. This time Alex Morgan.

Great finish from Natalia Kaczmarek in the 400. Perhaps she can achieve something more than just a Top 8 finish at the World Champs?

[hide] Men's Tournament Knockout Stage July 23rd - July 29th, 2023 8 Nations, the 4 winning Nations will qualify for the Quarterfinals Playoffs Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 23rd 2023, h. 14:00 United States 3 Canada July 23rd 2023, h. 15:30 Australia 4 France July 23rd 2023, h. 17:00 Croatia 4 Montenegro July 23rd 2023, h. 18:30 Japan 9 Serbia [/hide]

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won 3-0 but obviously the game was a complete wash from early stages. Next up it's vs aka Lyndon Johnson tells you how to lose the elections and Ho Chi Minh is still a thing 50 years later

Spain 3-0 after 27 mins. Costa Rica defending with five players at their own three meter line That's amateur hour and they still look totally out of this league.

Costa Rica with 9 players in their own box but Spain still scores for 2-0. Could get ugly soon...

Own goal for Costa Rica gives Spain the lead after 20 mins.

wins 2-0. Total control, with zero shots on goal, zero corners and 27% ball possession. At least the scoreline wasn't embarrassing for them. Vietnam and Haiti won't have so much luck methinks

Switzerland with three shots from inside six meters and they finally score. 2-0.

Clear penalty. Defender kicked the leg instead of the ball which was gone by that stage. It would have been a foul anywhere on the field.

takes the lead in 45th minute after a VAR penalty. defender wanted to kick the ball but kicked the attacker's leg who tackled the ball away first. Philippines also had a goal ruled out for clear offside before.

Toth is half-Thai which makes it even less probable to qualify as racist but most people probably don't even realize that. Either way, she's too low ranked to be anything but a ITF stalwart and those top players calling to ban her from the tour will probably never play her in their careers Toth did come out and apologize after R2 loss but obviously the damage is done yet tennis tour will swiftly move on anyway. Zhang Shuai should be out of Top 100 after USO since her form is truly dismal this season and this is the biggest news she made in 2023

[hide] Women's Tournament Knockout Stage July 22nd - July 28th, 2023 8 Nations, the 4 winning Nations will qualify for the Quarterfinals Playoffs Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 22nd 2023, h. 14:00 Australia 9 Israel July 22nd 2023, h. 15:30 France 7 Spain July 22nd 2023, h. 17:00 Italy 10 New Zealand July 22nd 2023, h. 18:30 South Africa 13 Canada [/hide]

No surprise if Canada still rides their hopes on 40 year old Sinclair

beats 1-0 after a penalty kick early in the second half. Not much quality in this match, Australia played without injured Sam Kerr and both teams clearly lacked a good striking finish.

wins 1-0, their first ever World Cup finals victory in 16th match. truly looks like a second tier team now, they failed at the last Euro's and it doesn't look like they can do much at this WC either.

New Zealand vs Norway has kicked off in Auckland...

At least there is real snow in Yukon?

Raków Częstochowa got through Flora Tallinn and next up is Karabach Agdam which has been a thorn in Polish teams' side in the last few years. Btw, Stanislav Cherchesov has been duly fired from Ferencvaros after that ass-kicking from the Faroers.

Angels sweep the Yankees in a 3-game series and return above .500 which makes the Ohtani trade somewhat less probable before the deadline IMO.